Cuisine:

• Health Food
• Organic
• Contemporary
• Coffee Houses

Hilo Bay Café Description:
It is not easy to characterize Hilo's oh-so-popular urban-chic, healthy-gourmet bistro, tucked away next to a Wal-Mart. An offshoot of Hilo's Island Natural Market health-food store, the Hilo Bay Café sports black-tinted windows and a modern cream and black décor that makes you forget its mundane parking lot setting. We love this place. Chef Joshua Ketner is having fun. Where else might you find roasted tofu on the same menu as foie gras? Items may include pita bread stuffed with scrumptious chicken salads, or seared ahi appetizers, lox, house-made ravioli, spicy goat cheese and vegan selections such as pot pie and, yes, garlic fries. The menu is incredibly diverse, and surprisingly inexpensive. We love the abundance of organically grown, local produce used and the fact that the meats are, of course, of the free-range, antibiotic-free variety. And while the wine list may not be pages long, the choices offered were selected with care and sensitivity.


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